Assessing the Longitudinal Change in Low Vision: A Test of Competing Hypotheses
| Autor: | Hui-Peng Liew |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0303 health sciences
medicine.medical_specialty Latent growth modeling Public health Rehabilitation Applied psychology Visual impairment Test (assessment) Low vision 03 medical and health sciences Ophthalmology 0302 clinical medicine 030221 ophthalmology & optometry medicine medicine.symptom Psychology 030304 developmental biology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness. 115:106-120 |
| ISSN: | 1559-1476 0145-482X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0145482x211000959 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Visual impairment among older adults has increasingly become one of the biggest challenges to public health and personal well-being in the United States. This study aims to examine whether the intersectionality hypothesis can be used in conjunction with the cumulative advantage (disadvantage), persistent inequality, or age-as-leveler to explain heterogeneity in low vision trajectories across birth cohorts, race or ethnicity, gender, and the level of education. Methods: Growth curve modeling was used to analyze data from the 2002–2014 Health and Retirement Study. Results: The type of trajectory (i.e., cumulative advantage or disadvantage, the persistent inequality, and the age-as-leveler) that characterize low vision is largely dependent upon the characteristics of an individual (i.e., race or ethnicity, gender, and education). Discussion: Trajectories of low vision are higher among females and those from ethnic minority groups with low levels of education. Implications for practitioners: Targeted interventions and attempts to close interethnic disparities in vision functioning should begin early on in life and should focus on racial ethnic minorities, females, and those with low education. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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